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Death in the Modern World

Death in the Modern World

Tony Walter

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Sage Publications
Año de edición:
2020
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Sociología de la muerte y el morir
ISBN:
9781526402936

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Written by an internationally renowned scholar in death studies, and drawing on examples from around the world, including the UK, USA, China and Japan, The Netherlands, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. This book investigates how key factors such as money, communication technologies, economic in/security, risk, the family, religion, and war, interact in complex ways to shape people’s experiences of dying and grief.

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